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A one-page CAPS Grade 4 English poster on verbs and tenses (Grammar), with the key ideas, key words and a tip to remember.
A verb is a doing word or a being word. Every sentence needs a verb.
Doing: kick, swim, write
Being: am, is, are, was, were
The present tense tells what happens now or what happens often.
The past tense tells what has already happened. Most verbs add ed.
Some verbs do not add ed. They change in the past tense.
go, went; see, saw; eat, ate; run, ran
buy, bought; come, came; give, gave; is, was
The future tense tells what will happen later. Put will before the verb.
Lindiwe will visit us on Sunday.